Qimtek operates a clearing house for contract manufacturing and their Contract Manufacturing Index (CMI) tracks the purchasing budget of companies that are looking to outsource manufacturing work.  They report that 2024’s activity was -23% lower than the year before due mainly to uncertainty from the election and budget, with the new US President not helping […]

Manufacturing is having a far greater impact on the UK economy than first thought according to a major new report released today. ‘The True Impact of UK Manufacturing’, which will be unveiled at MACH 2024 in Birmingham later, shows industry is worth £518billion and supports 7.3million UK jobs directly and across the supply chains/communities it […]

Established over 80 years ago, the London-based Engineering Industries Association (EIA) is renowned for being a strong and resilient association with the core purpose to provide information and services to assist UK-based SME manufacturing and engineering companies across the sector to run their businesses. This membership organisation consists of members that offer capacity in subcontract […]